Parkland Student Escorts Girl to Prom After Exceeding Retweet Goal

Promposal season is official upon us, and the first viral story of the season in one of modern romance.

After a Nebraskan high school junior sent a Twitter direct message to Kyle Kashuv, a survivor of the Parkland school shooting, asking him to escort her to prom, a deal was set in motion to make that dream a reality. "How many retweets for prom?!?!" Fidan Ibrahimova messaged Kyle on Monday, April 2, before following up a few days later: "Sorry to bother you but prom is next Saturday, so I'm wondering if I have a chance or nah?" His response was simple: Get 5,000 retweets and we have a deal. Oh, also, he doesn't have a tuxedo.

As reported by the Lincoln Journal Star, the glory was swift for Fidan and her prom goals. After the popular conservative blogger Ben Shapiro retweeted her plea, she soon racked up over the required 5k tweets — in fact, it's now resting well above the amount. "I was like, oh yeah, I got this," she told the newspaper. "All of a sudden my phone is getting blown up."

Not only that, but after Fidan jokingly set up a GoFundMe account to get Kyle a new tuxedo, people began to donate small amounts of money for the duo to have a fun night on the town. About $1,700 was ultimately amassed, according to the Lincoln Journal Star, which supplemented Kyle's flight, hotel, a limo, and dinner at a fancy sushi restaurant. While Fidan noted how Kyle didn't end up buying a new tux, he wore wore a dapper suit and "he did buy himself a new tie."

As for why Fidan wanted to attend her prom with Kyle, she explained to the newspaper how she's been consistently impressed with his conservative-leaning views about gun control after the Parkland shooting. And while she considers herself more on the moderate political spectrum, she doesn't "let that affect my relationship with anyone else."